gýmen
Care ⬩ heed ⬩ solicitude ⬩ diligence ⬩ superintendence ⬩ rule ⬩ cura
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Care, heed, solicitude, diligence, superintendence, rule; cura Se réða rén sumes ymbhogan ungemet gémen the fierce rain of some anxiety, immoderate care [cf. se rén ungemetlíces ymbhogan, Fox 36, 19] Bt. Met. Fox 7, 56; Met. 7, 28: 101; Met. 7, 51.
gyrd-weg
A road with a fence on either side[?],
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A road with a fence on either side[?], Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 21
hád-breca
A violator of holy orders ⬩ sacri ordinis violator
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Rdr. 110, 178
Linked entry: breca
gyt-feorm
- L. R. S. 21 ;
- Th. i. 440, 26 .
hád-notu
The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders
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R. 7; Th. i. 192, 16
hæg-weard
A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground, ⬩ agellarius
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R. S. 20; Th. i. 440, 11, 12. The following note is given on this word, p. 234 'Bp.
hærfest-handful
a due belonging to the husbandmen on an estate
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R. S. 9; Th. i. 438, 1
hæslen
Of hazel
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Lǽt ðæt blód on grénne sticcan hæslenne weorp ðne ofer weg áweg ðonne ne biþ nán yfel let the blood run into a green spoon of hazel-wood, then throw it away over the road; then no harm will come of the bite, 68; Lchdm. ii. 142, 19-21
hagal
Hail ⬩ grando ⬩ hail
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Rén hagal and snáw hrusan leccaþ rain, hail, and snow moisten the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 127; Met. 29, 64. Mid hagole with hail, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 8.
Linked entry: hægel
hálig-dóm
holiness, sanctity ⬩ sanctimonia ⬩ holy things, relics, holy work, a sacrament ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary ⬩ relic ⬩ holiness ⬩ sacred things ⬩ relics ⬩ a sanctuary ⬩ sacramentum, sanctuarium ⬩ sacred thing, relic, sanctuary
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Þurh ealne ðane háligdóm ðe ic on Róme for mé and for ealne þeódscype gesóhte by all the relics that I sought out in Rome for myself and for all the nation, Th. Chart. I17, 10. a holy place, sanctuary Ðínne háligdóm sanctuarum tuum, Ps.
hálig-nes
holiness, sanctity ⬩ a holy thing, relic ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary
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Rdr. 106, 41. Inngongende and útgongende beforan Gode tó ðám hálignessum quando ingreditur et egreditur sanctuarium in conspectu Domini, Past. 15, 4; Swt. 93, 7. [O. H. Ger. heilagnissa sanctificatio, sanctitas.] Cf. hálig-dóm
Linked entry: hǽlnes
hálga
A saint ⬩ a saint
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Rdr. 102, 212. Fram ðam rihtwísan Abel óþ ðam endenéxtan hálgan from righteous Abel to the last saint, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 5. Godes hálgan sind englas and men God's saints are angels and men, i. 538, 23 : 574, 22 : ii. 112, 31.
hálgung-ram
A consecrated ram
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A consecrated ram For ðam hit ys hálgungram for it is a ram of consecration, Ex. 29, 22
hálsung-gebed
Litany
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Litany, R. Ben. 9, Lye
Linked entry: ge-bed
hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Siððan ic hond and rond hebban mihte since I could lift hand and shield, Beo. Th. 1316: B. 656: Andr. Kmbl. 18; An. 9. Ðǽr wæs micel wæl geslægen on gehwæðre hond there was great slaughter made on either side, Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 12: Byrht.
Linked entries: irfe-hand hand-gemǽne hond
hám-weard
Homeward, in the direction of home ⬩ domum versus, retro
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R. 103, 24.
hand-seten
The setting of one's hand to a deed, etc., a signature, sign manual
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., a signature, sign manual Ðas trymeþ se forespecena kyng mid Cristes róde tácne and his weotena hondsetena his geofa thus the aforesaid king confirms his gifts with the sign of Christ's cross and the signature of his witan, Cod. Dipl.
hangra
A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,
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'A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxix Of ðam hangran súþ tó ðære strǽt from the meadow south to the road, 229, 27: V. 374, 29.
Linked entries: æsp-hangra sealh-hangra
heáfod-lencten-fæsten
The chief Lent fast
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The chief Lent fast, R. Concord
heáh-fæder
A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. God ⬩ God the Father ⬩ patriarca
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Héhfæder patriarcha, Rtl. 195, 10. Cuoeþ lá héhfæder dixit abba pater, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 36. Seó stondeþ on ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhfæder she stands on the right hand of the Father, Shrn. 118, 9: Rood Kmbl. 266; Kr. 134.